Prison Operator CCA Under Federal Investigation Over Idaho Facility

Company Has Said It Billed the State for Staffers Who Weren't on Duty

A dispute over staffing hours at Idaho's largest prison has led to a federal criminal investigation of Corrections Corp. of America, the nation's largest private, for-profit prison operator, state officials said Friday.

CCA, as the company is known, last month agreed to pay the Idaho Department of Correction a $1 million settlement after saying it had billed the state for thousands of man-hours of staffers at the Idaho Correctional Center who weren't on duty when they were supposed to be. The settlement was meant to...